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Sounds out of this world, right?
A black hole is a dying star that has collapsed inward from its own weight.
The pull of gravity from its centre becomes so strong that even light can't escape, which is why it looks black.
Our local supermassive black hole is called Sagittarius A* and lies more than 26,000 light years away.
Well, there was a LOT of teamwork involved.
Eight observatories from all over the world were linked together electronically to form one giant virtual telescope called the Event Horizon Telescope (or EHT for short).
Michael Bremer, an astronomer and project manager for the EHT, said the telescope is powerful enough to spot a golf ball on the Moon!
For the best chance of zooming in and focusing on the black hole, the astronomers waited for good weather.
Then they spent five nights recording data.
All of the data is being collected and flown to the MIT Haystack Observatory in Massachusetts, America.
They have supercomputers that can process the information, which could be as much as 10,000 laptops worth!
But even supercomputers need time to process that much information, and the data from the South Pole telescope can't be collected until October when it starts to get a bit warmer.
So it's going to take a few months to find out if the astronomers really have managed to take a photo of a black hole.
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Astronomers are hoping they'll soon have the first picture of a black hole - ever!


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Terry Myerson said Strontium was exploiting the bug to infect PCs in order to get access to potentially sensitive data.
Strontium is also known as APT28 and Fancy Bear, and has previously been blamed for attacking a French TV network and the US Democratic Party.
Microsoft says it is working on a fix.
It intends to release the patch next week.
Other cybersecurity researchers say analysis of the hackers' previous activities suggests they are Russians, or at least citizens of a neighbouring country who can speak Russian, and appear to be acting in Moscow's interests rather than for personal profit.
FireEye - a company whose clients include the US Department of Defense - has gone so far as to say the attackers are "most likely sponsored by the Russian government".
But the link has never been conclusively proven, and the Kremlin has repeatedly denied its involvement.
It's unusual for the big tech companies to reveal a software flaw in their products before they have a fix, because it flags the problem to cybercriminals.
Indeed, Microsoft had planned to stay quiet about this bug until it had a solution.
But Google forced its hand when it published details of the issue on Monday.
Microsoft was irked. But Google justified its move saying: "This vulnerability is particularly serious because we know it is being actively exploited."
Mr Myerson has confirmed the issue is with a system file, which Windows requires to display graphics.
The company says customers using both the latest version of Windows 10 and Microsoft's own Edge web browser should be safe but acknowledges others remain at risk.
However, it says the attack only works if a user also has Flash installed, and a newly released version of Adobe's media plug-in also provides protection.
Regarding Strontium itself, Microsoft says the hackers have come up with more types of novel attack - known as zero-days - than any other tracked group this year.
"Strontium frequently uses compromised email accounts from one victim to send malicious emails to a second victim and will persistently pursue specific targets for months until they are successful in compromising the victims' computers," Mr Myerson wrote.
"Once inside, Strontium moves laterally throughout the victim network, entrenches itself as deeply as possible to guarantee persistent access, and steals sensitive information."
The hackers are believed to have used spearphishing - a technique that involves targeting specific individuals with emails and other messages that seek to fool them into revealing their logins.
The attackers have a reputation for being persistent.
They have been known to repeatedly send messages to high-value individuals for more than a year, if necessary, until one succeeds.
Neither Google nor Microsoft have said who received the latest batch of booby-trapped emails.
But Microsoft has previously said of the hackers' typical prey: "Its primary institutional targets have included government bodies, diplomatic institutions, and military forces and installations in Nato member states and certain Eastern European countries.
"Additional targets have included journalists, political advisers, and organisations associated with political activism in Central Asia."
The group has also been called Sofacy, Sednit and Pawn Storm, and has been linked to attacks dating back to 2007.
It appears to operate its own website, where it calls itself Fancy Bears.
It was used to leak confidential medical files about US Olympic athletes earlier this year, which had been stolen from the World Anti-Doping Agency.
The site suggests the group is part of the wider Anonymous hacktivist collective, although this may be an attempt at misdirection.
Months earlier, cybersecurity company Crowdstrike accused the hackers of breaching the US Democratic Party's governing body's network.
It suggested they might be affiliated with the GRU, Russia's military intelligence service.
"Their tradecraft is superb, operational security second to none, and the extensive usage of 'living-off-the-land' techniques enables them to easily bypass many security solutions they encounter," it said in a report.
Other activities blamed on the team include:
No. Security company Trend Micro has previously linked the hackers to malware designed to infect jailbroken iPhones and iPads.
Microsoft says it has also observed the group using web domains customised to compromise Mac and Linux computers in other campaigns.
In the past, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has strenuously denied allegations that the hackers are directed or supported by the Russian government or its intelligence services.
He has said the claims are "unfounded" and "do not contain anything tangible".
"There's no smoking gun," says Alan Woodward, a security consultant who advises Europol and has worked with GCHQ in the past.
"But the amount of circumstantial evidence is certainly mounting.
"What most of the government agencies are saying is that the Russian government doesn't seem to be doing anything to stop them, which kind of tells a story in itself."
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Microsoft's Windows chief has accused a notorious group of hackers - previously linked to Russia - of making use of an unpatched flaw in its operating system.


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John Sparkes is the understated Welsh comedian who does not just narrate the $1bn (£890m) Peppa Pig global franchise - the UK's greatest cartoon export - but he is also the lyrical wizard behind children TV's favourite characters.
As he walked into Paddington Station - fitting for cartoon royalty - the 63-year-old former bank clerk and English teacher did not raise a glance.
Yet, in the right crowd, if he burst into an impromptu "Peppa and George like jumping up and down in muddy puddles", we may have had company.
He is the vocal mastermind behind Peppa regulars Mr Rabbit, Mr Pony, Mr Potato, Mr Fox and Mr Mole.
Sparkes may also be recognised from Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom, as Fireman Sam and from Shaun the Sheep.
"I bumped into an old comedian mate a few years ago and his little boy was a huge Peppa Pig fan," Sparkes said.
"He made the mistake of saying 'this is the man that does the voice of characters in Peppa'. The little lad didn't like it because it ruptured his imaginary world, as for him Peppa Pig is real.
"So a message for grown-ups... if you're sitting at home now reading this story on the internet and show your kids this is the man who is Mr Rabbit, they won't thank you for it."
His TV career started on 1980s cult comedy Naked Video as anorak-wearing Welsh poet Siadwell - but his showbiz career really began alongside a Hollywood A-lister.
Catherine Zeta-Jones was in the same variety show at Swansea Grand Theatre and Sparkes, then a young wannabe comedian, was in the 1st Gowerton Scouts.
"My mates and I wrote a comedy sketch show that we performed at the Grand in the The Gang Show," said Sparkes, who grew up in West Cross, Swansea.
"It was a show for local Brownies, Scouts and Cubs groups. I remember Catherine Zeta-Jones, who I think was from the Port Talbot Brownies, was in a choir.
"That, ladies and gentleman, was where it all began! For both of us, I suppose."
After a pit stop as a clerk in Lloyds Bank's Mumbles branch, a computer studies degree at Oxford Polytechnic and a drama specialist at a Bicester comprehensive school, his professional comedy career started in a vegetarian restaurant.
"My first real booking was at the Earth Exchange in Archway after I took the gamble to chance it in London," he said, recalling joining Eddie Izzard, Alexi Sayle and Jo Brand on the alternative cabaret circuit.
"I thought vegetarians would be kind. It went ok, I surprised myself... I started making a living and paying rent on my flat."
His broadcasting breakthrough in 1984 came alongside Rab C Nesbitt stars Gregor Fisher and Elaine C Smith on Naked Video and on BBC Radio 4's Absolutely sketch show.
As Absolutely became a TV hit on Channel 4, Sparkes' popularity grew - especially with two animation graduates from Middlesex Polytechnic.
"Mark Baker and Neville Astley, the creators of Peppa Pig, used to watch Absolutely and they got in touch to ask if I'd like to write with them for an animated series called the Big Knights - I've worked on every project they've done since."
His first Peppa project was 218 episodes ago.
He has remained a Peppa Pig mainstay, with the show now screened in 180 countries, from the United States to China. It has an estimated 200,000 associated products from a theme park to nappies.
"It surprised me when they asked me to narrate," he said.
"Why did I do it? It was a challenge and sounded interesting - and I haven't got to write or learn the words so I would've been a fool to say no."
Born: 9 January 1954 in Swansea
Family: Wife Beverly and daughters Isobel, 24, and Emily, 18
Favourite comedians: Peter Sellers, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Monty Python, Not Only....But also
Favourite cartoon: Tom and Jerry
Notable works:
Its popularity since its Channel 5 TV debut in 2004 is off the scale.
Eight billion YouTube hits and two cinema releases later, a further 117 episodes have been commissioned, with owners Entertainment One hoping to conquer France, Canada and Latin America as it aims to make Peppa a $2bn (£1.8bn) brand by 2020.
"It's like a classic pantomime, it's got a bit of humour for the mums and dads while keeping the children entertained," he said.
"And often cartoons hire comedian voice artists for that comedic tone and delivery."
Sparkes insists he is just a "voice for hire".
But here is the man behind why Peppa favourite Mr Potato is French and why Mr Rabbit sounds like a Welsh civil servant.
Yet as the narrator, he knows he is not just an entertainer but an educator.
"You must remember this is for young children who are learning how to speak English. So you must speak clearly, ensure you enunciate correctly, pay attention and sound cheerful," he said.
For a man who spends half the working week in a voice booth "the size of a telephone box", it is perhaps no surprise walking and nature are his biggest loves.
"I love nature and trees. I paid the council to put up another 10 trees in our street to make it feel more rural," he said.
"And while walking, I'm at my most creative. Nature gives me that opportunity to clear my head and allows me to concentrate without distraction."
So what does his average week look like for John?
"It's about seven days, I'm a bit of a traditionalist like that."
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He could be described as the most reliable babysitter you never knew you had.


